Atheist Nomads

INTRO PUTTING THE DEGREE TO WORK - Creation and Salvation THIS DAY IN HISTORY - June 11 * 1837 - The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish * 1963 - John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 * 1982 - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial released * 1986 - “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” released * 2001 - Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Update: Lightsail has rebooted * Vermont has removed philosophical vaccine exemptions * California’s new water plan is a massive desalination facility * Scientists have converted blood into neurons POLITICS AND RELIGION * Rick Santorum says Pope should leave climate change to the scientists * Indian filmmaker documenting corrective rape * Nigeria bans FGM * Update: Florida mom signs consent to son’s circumcision * Ensaf Haidar reaches out to European leaders for Raif Badawi * Muslim woman wins discrimination ca